Archives for July 2010

Internationally recognized cellist János Starker performs at two master classes as part of the third and final week of the Montecito Summer Music Festival Wednesday, Aug. 4, and Thursday, Aug. 5, both at 4 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets, $15 for adults and $7.50 for children and senior citizens, can be purchased by calling (213)… [Continue Reading]

Virtuoso violinist Aaron Rosand performs Saturday, July 24, at the third annual Montecito Summer Music Festival hosted by the Westmont Conference Center. The festival, which brings world-class musicians together with advanced students of classical piano and strings for three weeks of instruction and performance, continues through Friday, Aug. 6. Rosand will perform “Bach Partita No…. [Continue Reading]

Robert N. Wennberg, who taught philosophy at Westmont for 37 years and authored several books, including “Faith at the Edge: A Book for Doubters” and “God, Humans and Animals: An Invitation to Enlarge Our Moral Universe,” died July 18, following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 75. “We are deeply saddened by Bob’… [Continue Reading]

Tatiana Nazarenko, former dean of instruction and assessment liaison at Centralia College (Wash.), is Westmont’s new dean of curriculum and educational effectiveness. Nazarenko’s predecessor, Professor Ray Rosentrater, will return to full-time teaching. Nazarenko, who has studied in five countries and has more than 20 years of college-level teaching and administrative experience, will work with the… [Continue Reading]

Saturn and the Milky Way will be the star attractions at Westmont’s observatory during a free, public viewing Friday, July 16. The Keck Telescope, one of the most powerful, public telescopes along the Central Coast, may also catch a glimpse of globular clusters in Hercules, globular clusters in Scorpius, Ophiuchus and Sagittarius. Westmont physics instructor… [Continue Reading]

Despite overcast weather conditions, baseballs were flying around Russell Carr Field July 6 as about 100 of the best high school baseball players from the Los Angeles County and San Fernando Valley regions took part in an exclusive tryout. Nearly 90 major league scouts and college coaches evaluated the prospects during the first day of… [Continue Reading]